Thursday, November 22, 2012

Quality Books Exhibit

In
celebration of Philippine Book Development Month, the Department of
Education and the National Book Development Board are holding a
first-ever exhibition of Highly Recommended Supplementary Materials on
Nov 27-28 at 10am -5pm at the Mega Trade Hall 1. SM Megamall. The
exhibiton will feature about 1600 awardwinning book titles and other
books endorsed by the NBDB. About 20 publishers are participating.

These were
gathered from the National Book Award winners and finalists, National
Children's Book Awards, Gintong Aklat Award winners and finalists,
Madrigal-Gonzalez First Book Award winners, Carlos Palanca Memorial
Award winners, MAN Asia Literary Prize Filipino winners and finalists,
NBDB Quality Seal Textbooks, and Highly Recommended Books selected by
the Metrobank Foundation Network of Outstanding Teachers and Educators
(NOTED). Copies of the list of quality books which will be updated
yearly will be available.

The event is meant
to help teachers and administrators from both public and private
schools in selecting Philippine titles for supplementary reading and
library collections. There will also be lectures on Textbook Development
in the Mother Tongue, Translating Textbooks, Teaching with a Local
Cultural Perspective, and Choosing Supplementary Materials and other
related topics. National Artist Virgilio Almario leads the roster of
speakers. DepEd will be represented by Sec. Armin Luistro and Usec
Francis Varela.

All are welcome to attend. The exhibit and the workshops are free of charge.

For more info, call the NBDB at 920-9853, 929-3677, 929-3887 or visit www.nbdb.gov.ph

I got the invite from the chair of the NBDB herself so I feel compelled to go. I'll think I shall enjoy myself.